This remake of the Genesis game includes FMV sequences from the film inbetween levels and better graphics and sound.
The new music ranges from melancholy-based dramatic tunes to rock-style action music.
The FMV sequences come between levels to articulate the story progression that leads to the next level.
Unlike the Sega CD game Demolition Man, which includes dialogue from the film, The Terminator merely shows clips from the film accompanied by the popular theme song.
You assume the role of Kyle Reese, the soldier sent from the future in the first Terminator film to save unsuspecting waitress Sarah Connor from a cyborg called The Terminator, who also travelled from the future to protect his cybornetic race from its eventual extinction caused by Sarah's offspring, John Connor.
Personally, I would prefer a game that focused on travelling to the past to prevent Arnie from running for office, and acting in the third, extremely disappointing, film.
The gameplay is on-key with the actual film; in the future scenes you use futuristic weapons and wear a soldier's attire, while once you have travelled to the past you wear the nostalgiac overcoat and are armed with the sawed-off shotgun (all elements from the movie itself)
The game, as with the Genesis version, is relatively short (in comparison to modern videogames) and is slightly difficult in areas (there are no continues) but fans of the original film will find it to be faithful to the story, and side-scrolling shoot-em-up fans will find the gameplay to be easy enough to master.
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